Manager, Ad Operations
Location: US, NY, Manhasset
Department: Bandsintown Amplified Textlinks

Company profile:
Bandsintown is a digital media company powered by music. With over 14 million registered concert-goers, a global audience of 120 million music fans and over 250K touring artists connected to the Bandsintown community, we are the premiere destination where artists and fans connect. To learn what we do for fans, click here. For artists, click here. For promoters, click here, And for brands, click here. We’ve got big plans and are rapidly expanding. And we’re always looking to add more talented people to our band… errr… team. Many of us are artists, performers, producers or DJ’s so it’s not just a job for us – it’s a way of life. We build the products we ourselves would want to use. We learn from each other, and inspire each other to do our best work, fueled by our passion for music. It’s in our DNA.

Job description:
Bandsintown Amplified is a digital media platform powered by music which serves as the ad network of Bandsintown.  We connect brands with music artists and their fans based on music indicators and consumer habits, providing sophisticated, multi-level engagement for advertisers and marketers across the web, mobile, social and email. We currently work with 500+ publishers reaching over 120 million fans globally every month, including 24% of all 18 to 34-year-olds in the U.S.Job Description:Bandsintown Amplified is seeking a smart, self-motivated and resourceful individual to join our team. This person will help manage Ad operations for Bandsintown Amplified’s textlinks business and will work closely with other functional teams to lead ad campaign execution for textlinks campaigns from start to finish, ensuring that sold ad campaigns are processed, trafficked and reconciled in a timely and accurate manner. This person will also have significant input and be regular contributor to our yield optimization efforts on that textlinks business.  Responsibilities:Conduct Ad Operations tasks for textlinks business on web, mobile web &amp; mobile appsTraffic such campaigns including: building &amp; testing ad creative assets, executing &amp; managing campaigns and implementing &amp; verifying 3rd party tracking elements. Take ownership of active campaigns and assist with overflow work as necessary.Work with stakeholders on maximizing revenue/yield.Help create, develop and maintain Ad Ops processes, best practices, and training documentation.Collaborate with Account Management and Engineering on problem solving related to campaign performance in a timely manner.Oversee the review of daily and weekly advertiser campaign reports to track performance against guarantee, address campaign delivery issues and make optimizations as needed.Liaise with Finance team regarding financial KPIs and statisticsInterface closely with Sales and Account Management to establish clear communication channels across departments and with clients.Provide support for and participate in ad-related projects with Product &amp; Engineering.Develop postmortems, case studies and campaign summary materials for dissemination to relevant company stakeholders.

Requirements:
Requirements &amp; Skills:BA/BS with strong academic record.At least 2-3 years of experience in a digital ad operations role for a media publisher or ad agencyIn-depth hands on working experience with proprietary ad servers  (in-house developed) and various 3rd party ad servers (DFP, Atlas, etc..)Knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, Rich Media Vendors, third party tracking etc.Understanding of yield management, with experience managing/troubleshooting complex relationshipsSelf-motivated and proactive with superior organization skills and stellar attention to detail.Ability to handle heavy workload, mediating many demands and requests with strong problem solving drive.Exceptional trouble-shooting and creative problem solving to meet high performance demands.Proven ability to meet or exceed aggressive deadlines and manage and prioritize a high volume of projects simultaneously.Experience working &amp; communicating effectively with cross-functional departments; sales, marketing, online and creative.

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